Color Therapy: Corinna's Updated Secretary

This secretary has been in my family for 30 years — thus the hilarious yellow color. Needless to say, it didn't match our robin's egg, ivory, and black bedroom decor! I finally got the guts (after 9 months) to match the colors, and lucked out with 2 cans of $2 mis-mix paint that fit perfectly! I finished it off with hardware from Anthropologie, but I didn't have the guts to remove the original locking hardware. Does anyone have any advice on where to get new locks for the door and fold out desk — the brass doesn't match my silver hardware!

This project was NOT without its bumps. I have never painted furniture, but taping off — even sanding every single piece — was the easy part.

Even though the paint cans had handles, somehow, the can slipped right out of my hand! I had laid paper, but it was no match for the spray, which got all over my legs, the concrete porch, the wall. A word of advice — know the clean-up protocol for a paint before you start with your project, and be ready for mistakes! I should have cleaned it up immediately with soap and water, but I was a total dope and didn't know that!

In the end, the outcome was worth it. I look forward to showing this bad boy off!

Do you have a painting project you'd like to share with Apartment Therapy? Send us your Before & After photos and a brief description with our Painting Project Submission Form.